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GALE KURK VOGLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordGale Kurk Vogler, of East Moline, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1946
- Home of record
- East Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 66
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- ANDREW TRAPANIStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD STEVEN WOODPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From East Moline
- JAMES DANIEL RAYCHELPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JOHN PERRY WONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.